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Race/ethnic differences in bone mineral densities in older men

SUMMARY: BMD was compared across race/ethnic groups. There were substantial race/ethnic differences in BMD even within African or Asian origin. Additional adjustment for body size greatly attenuated or reversed the differences between US Caucasian men vs Asian men. It illustrates the role of body si...

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Autores principales: Nam, H.-S., Shin, M.-H., Zmuda, J. M., Leung, P. C., Barrett-Connor, E., Orwoll, E. S., Cauley, J. A.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2974925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20204598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00198-010-1188-3